Out of Africa
New York: Random House, 1938. Very Good / Very Good. Item #48557
New York: Random House, 1938. First Edition, stated. Octavo; illustrated dust jacket with original $2.75 price present; red and black boards stamped in gilt; dark topstain; 389 pp. Publisher's promotional sheet laid in. Dust jacket lightly worn and toned along edges with a few minor nicks; heavier wear and rubbing to top of spine with a tear along front joint; adjacent sticker residue. Boards shelfworn and corners slightly bumped; binding sound; contemporary ownership inscription to preliminaries; toning to endpapers, else unmarked.
A Very Good copy of Blixen's account of seventeen years on her coffee plantation in Kenya, beginning in 1913. Adapted into the 1985 film starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.
Price: $300.00